"Joumaa’s research-based practice employs microhistorical methodologies to excavate the palimpsestic layers of Lebanese social and political formations, examining how colonial and postcolonial structures continue to inscribe themselves upon contemporary spatial and temporal experiences. Central to her practice is the concept of “social psychology”: the manner in which built environments and geographic territories become charged with affective histories that continue to shape social relations and collective subjectivities.
Joyce Joumaa is a video artist and writer based between Beirut, Amsterdam and Montreal. After growing up in Lebanon, she pursued a BFA in Film Studies at Concordia University in Canada. Her work has been shown at the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, the 2nd Sharjah architecture Triennial and the 60th Venice Biennial. She is the recipient of the 2022 Residency Award program at the CCA the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the 2024 Hnatyshin Foundation award for emerging artists and the 2025 Baloise Art Prize."
*The lecture will be held in English.